Thanksgiving
Fact or myth/made-up
Over time, the story of Thanksgiving has changed. As a child, you may have been told stories of pilgrims and Indians sitting peacefully around a table together to each turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing. As an adult, you can finally investigate the REAL story to find out what is true and what is fake. What actually happened between the colonists and Native Americans?
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT in an interactive website: http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
research the pilgrims
PBS has created a website that shares more background information to some of the TRUTHs about the pilgrims
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/americanexperiencethepilgrims/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_2016
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/americanexperiencethepilgrims/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_2016
Research about Native American
Over the course of America's history, Native Americans have been forced out of their homes and off of their lands. Research Native American history to understand the truth about the colonists' relationship on the first thanksgiving and what was going on/has been going on since.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aa3401af-a553-4d87-85a0-90efd49be07d/homesteading-displaced-native-americans/
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aa3401af-a553-4d87-85a0-90efd49be07d/homesteading-displaced-native-americans/